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Editor, Senior Moderator
Ecohealth
. 2021 Nov 29.
doi: 10.1007/s10393-021-01569-1. Online ahead of print.
No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Neotropical Primates Sampled During COVID-19 Pandemic in Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mariana Viana Macedo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alex Junio Jardim da Silva[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cirilo Henrique de Oliveira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vinícius Oliveira de Ottone[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marco Antônio Barreto de Almeida[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Edmilson Dos Santos[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jader Cruz da Cardoso[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Aline Scarpellini Campos[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Claudia Maria Dornelles da Silva[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Amanda Gonzales da Silva[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Miguel Souza de Andrade[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Valéria Magro Octaviano Bernis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Walter Octaviano Bernis Filho[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Giliane Souza de Trindade[SUP] 5 [/SUP], George Rego Albuquerque[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Anaiá Paixão da Sevá[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Bergmann Morais Ribeiro[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Danilo Simonini Teixeira[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Fabrício Souza Campos[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Ana Cláudia Franco[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Paulo Michel Roehe[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Danilo Bretas de Oliveira[SUP] 9 [/SUP]
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Abstract
In 2019, a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was detected in China. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was capable to infect domestic and captive mammals like cats, tigers and minks. Due to genetic similarities, concern about the infection of non-human primates (NHPs) and the establishment of a sylvatic cycle has grown in the Americas. In this study, neotropical primates (NP) were sampled in different areas from Brazil to investigate whether they were infected by SARS-CoV-2. A total of 89 samples from 51 NP of four species were examined. No positive samples were detected via RT-qPCR, regardless of the NHP species, tissue or habitat tested. This work provides the first report on the lack of evidence of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in NP. The expansion of wild animals sampling is necessary to understand their role in the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and other potentially zoonotic pathogens in natural environments shared by humans.
Keywords: Alouatta; Callithrix; Coronavirus; nonhuman-primate; spillback; spillover.
. 2021 Nov 29.
doi: 10.1007/s10393-021-01569-1. Online ahead of print.
No Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Neotropical Primates Sampled During COVID-19 Pandemic in Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mariana Viana Macedo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Alex Junio Jardim da Silva[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cirilo Henrique de Oliveira[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vinícius Oliveira de Ottone[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marco Antônio Barreto de Almeida[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Edmilson Dos Santos[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jader Cruz da Cardoso[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Aline Scarpellini Campos[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Claudia Maria Dornelles da Silva[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Amanda Gonzales da Silva[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Miguel Souza de Andrade[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Valéria Magro Octaviano Bernis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Walter Octaviano Bernis Filho[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Giliane Souza de Trindade[SUP] 5 [/SUP], George Rego Albuquerque[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Anaiá Paixão da Sevá[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Bergmann Morais Ribeiro[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Danilo Simonini Teixeira[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Fabrício Souza Campos[SUP] 7 [/SUP], Ana Cláudia Franco[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Paulo Michel Roehe[SUP] 8 [/SUP], Danilo Bretas de Oliveira[SUP] 9 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34843021
- DOI: 10.1007/s10393-021-01569-1
Abstract
In 2019, a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was detected in China. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was capable to infect domestic and captive mammals like cats, tigers and minks. Due to genetic similarities, concern about the infection of non-human primates (NHPs) and the establishment of a sylvatic cycle has grown in the Americas. In this study, neotropical primates (NP) were sampled in different areas from Brazil to investigate whether they were infected by SARS-CoV-2. A total of 89 samples from 51 NP of four species were examined. No positive samples were detected via RT-qPCR, regardless of the NHP species, tissue or habitat tested. This work provides the first report on the lack of evidence of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in NP. The expansion of wild animals sampling is necessary to understand their role in the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and other potentially zoonotic pathogens in natural environments shared by humans.
Keywords: Alouatta; Callithrix; Coronavirus; nonhuman-primate; spillback; spillover.